Aim Higher

2018 School Board Candidates Respond to FOR Issues Questionnaire

The Aim Higher subcommittee of Fellowship of Reconciliation, Louisville Chapter (FOR) is continuing to expand its advocacy work in the Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS). For that work to succeed, we believe that all residents of Jefferson County must educate themselves about critical public education issues and elect school board members who are responsive to their views. To help with that voter education, we asked the eight school board candidates in the two contested school district races (Districts # 3 and # 6) to respond to 13 questions in six different issue areas:

Louisville FOR and Aim Higher have long advocated for peace education and for the removal of military influence from our schools. We provide facts about the false and misleading claims made by military recruiters; work to limit recruiter access to students and their confidential information; seek to end JROTC and other school military programs; and, through peace essay contests, encourage students to learn about and formulate nonviolent solutions to real conflicts. We are also challenging the Jefferson County Public Schools to close student learning gaps and eliminate racial and other disparities in student discipline.

Want to work with us? Aim Higher meets at 7 pm on the first Sunday of the month at the Quaker Meetinghouse at 3050 Bon Air Avenue, Louisville.

Aim Higher is a committee of the Louisville Chapter of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (Louisville FOR). We engage in a wide range of activities, all directed toward reducing the influence of the military and military recruiters in the lives of young people, encouraging young people to learn about and envision non-violent solutions to conflict, and addressing the disparities in our schools that lead some students to view the military as the only available career option. Young people deserve to be provided with the resources they need to discover alternatives, both for conflict resolution in their lives and for better paths to education and civilian careers.

Our recent work has been in six broad areas – click on any topic below to find out more.